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Hoarding and deposition in Europe from later prehistory to the medieval period – finds in context

International Meetings

The theme of the next Instrumentum Meeting will be hoarding and deposition. Projects on hoards of coins, metalwork and other objects or materials currently being conducted in Britain have looked at both their composition and their locations. Recently excavated hoards also offer the chance to look at little-studied aspects of hoarding as a depositional process, such as the environmental data from pollen and seeds or from materials such as textiles and leather. The conference will also explore other aspects of deposition, including finds in wet contexts and structured deposition, as well as 'stray' or surface finds.

Five multi-period sessions are open: – what is a hoard and what is hoarded? – hoarding as a depositional process – hoards and structured deposits and their setting / topographic context – deposition in wet contexts, sacred or profane? – recent discoveries of hoards